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[Development and Evaluation of the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences

Johannes C Ehrenthal1, Henning Schauenburg2, Frank E Wagner2

  • 1Institut für Medizinische Psychologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg.

Psychiatrische Praxis
|April 28, 2020
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The new Questionnaire for the Assessment of Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences (APC) demonstrates high reliability and validity. It effectively measures adverse childhood experiences and protective factors, aiding research and clinical practice.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Childhood experiences significantly impact adult mental health.
  • Accurate assessment tools are crucial for understanding these impacts.
  • Existing measures may not adequately capture both adverse and protective factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the psychometric properties of the newly developed Questionnaire for the Assessment of Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences (APC).
  • To determine the reliability and validity of the APC in a clinical sample.

Main Methods:

  • The study assessed reliability, convergent validity, and criterion validity.
  • Data were collected from 128 patients in a hospital setting.
  • Statistical analyses were performed to evaluate the APC's performance.

Main Results:

  • The APC demonstrated high to very high reliability for its main scales and subscales.
  • Convergent validity was confirmed, with associations to depression and attachment insecurity.
  • The protective childhood experiences scale explained incremental variance in validity.

Conclusions:

  • The APC is a robust instrument for assessing adverse childhood experiences.
  • The simultaneous assessment of protective childhood experiences offers significant value for research and clinical applications.
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